Barrel-stand and truck.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

P. T. HERREID. BARREL STAND AND TRUCK.

arruonron FILED 8EPT.26.1906.

WW MW I By hymn ATTORNEYS WITNESSES PETER T. HERREID, OF BLAIR, WISCONSIN.

BARREL-STAND AND TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ju1y 30, 1907.

Application filed September 25,1906. Serial No. 336,151.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER T. HERREID, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Blair, in the county of Trempealeau and State of Wisconsin, have invented a newand Improved Barrel-Stand and Truck, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in barrel stands and trucks intended to facilitate the handling of barrels and other receptacles for liquids while inserting a faucet therein, and in placing the barrel in position and in removing the same from place to place while the contents are being removed.

The invention provides for the moving of the barrel from a horizontal to a vertical position with ease, and without danger of interference with the faucet; also to collect the drippings from the barrel and store them in a reservoir carried by the stand.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of the invention showing a barrel in position thereon, and also showing in dotted outline the barrel and stand when the barrel is moved to a horizontal position; Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1 with the stand and truck in vertical, central section; Fig. 3 is a rear, end elevation of the invention; Fig. 4 is a plan View of the same, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, sectional View disclosing the manner in which the adjustment of ,the handle-bars is provided for.

The invention comprises a stand or platform 1 substantially box-shape, with a rear rounded end and movably mounted on truck wheels 2, said wheels being journaled on each side and projecting just a sufiicient distance below the lower edge of the stand to prevent it from striking the floor.

Horizontally arranged in the stand is a wall 3 connected to the top of the stand by a vertical wall 4 positioned over the rear truck wheels, and providing a cornpartment for containing a reservoir 5, said reservoir being constructed to conform to the shape of the compartment, and having an inclined lip 6 extending from its upper front edge. The reservoir is held in place by a button 7 pivoted to the edge of the wall 3. An octagon-shaped depression for rec iving the base ofthe barrel is formed on top of the stand by securing molding 8 thereto, the depression being thereafter covered with galvanized iron or other sheet metal 9 through which and the top of the box extends an aperture 10 communicating with the reservoir 5. At the rear end of the stand adjustable handle-bars are fixed, preferably constructed of tubing comprising side-bars 11 bent to conform to the shape of the barrel, and connected together at their upper ends by a cross-bar 12, this latter bar being provided with a short, downwardly-directed pipe 13 at each end of such diameter as to slidably fit in the side-bars 11.. These pipes 13 are held in adjusted position in the side-bars by set-screws 14 best shown in Fig. 5.

When it is desired to mount the barrel on the stand and wheel it from place to place with a faucet therein, the latter is applied while the barrel is in horizontal position as illustrated in dotted outline in Fig. 1. The handle-bars of the truck will prevent the barrel from rolling or other accidental displacement as the stand is turned up on its rounded end to bring the barrel. in an upright position. The barrel can then be readily rolled to any desired place. pings will be caught in the receptacle carried by the top of the stand acting to discharge them through the aperture 10 into the reservoir 5, the lip 6 of the reservoir directing them to its center.

I have described the invention in detail in order that the construction and operation might be fully understood. I, however, regard the precise embodiment as not material provided the essential characteristics are employed as pointed out in the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

1. In a device of the character described, a barrel-stand having a rounded end, wheels supporting the stand adapting it to be rolled from place to place, and adjustable handle-bars comprising side-bars conforming to the shape of the barrel connected to the stand at its rear end, for the purpose described.

2. In a device of the character described, a barrel-stand mounted on wheels adapting it to be rolled from place to place, a depression formed on the top of the stand lined with sheet metal, for receiving the end of the barrel, a

reservoir carried by the stand below said depression and. communicating therewith, and handle-bars fixed to the stand comprising side-bars bent to conform to the shape of the barrel, for the purpose described.

3. In a device of the character described, a barrel-stand having a rounded end mounted on wheels adapting it to be rolled from place to place, a depression formed at the top of the stand for receiving one end of the barrel, a reservoir carried by a compartment in the stand and communicating with said depression, and handle-bars attached to the stand, comprising side-bars and a crossbar adjustably connected thereto, said sidebars being bent to conform to the shape of the barrel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER '1. HERREID.

Witnesses JOHN HERREID, OLE T. Hnnnnrn.

Should the barrel leak, the drip- 

